Welcome to Daily Encouragement!
Hi, I’m Charlene Notgrass. I was born a long time before you, way back in 1953. I loved homeschooling — once I learned how to make homeschooling who our family was instead of something I carried around like a big, heavy burden every day. From the lessons God has taught me, I offer you daily encouragement.
Campfires on the Floor
Yesterday morning two of our grandchildren visited for a few minutes in our office. Both started working busily just as their parents and grandparents were doing. The younger one pushed an army vehicle around on the floor and called me over to hook…
Your Child — In the Image of God
Several of my friends from high school have occasional weekend getaways. One winter a few years ago, Ray and I hosted one at our house. Unfortunately none of the guy friends or the husbands of the girl friends were able to come,…
Focus
On Friday I drove to Nashville to spend the day with a couple of friends from high school plus friends and sisters of theirs, most of whom have become my friends, too. The drive was breathtakingly beautiful. Fall in all…
Around My Mama’s Kitchen Table
In 1953, as I grew inside my mother’s womb, she lived with her parents in Springfield, Tennessee, while she waited for my daddy to be discharged from the army. Each day she rode a bus back and forth to Nashville to work on an…
Rice and Beans on a Rainy Day
Today I’d like to share with you two ideas for rainy (or snowy) day activities that your children might enjoy. The first is something our grandchildren enjoy. The second is something that my children enjoyed first and now our grandchildren are…
Don’t Lose Heart
As I sat at my desk beside the window last night, the tractor that has been going back and forth and back and forth for the last several days was still going. Even with the moon in the waxing gibbous…